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E M Forster: Railway termini. ....

E M Forster: Railway termini. ....

Railway termini. . . are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and...

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Toni Morrison: Her mind traveled...

Toni Morrison: Her mind traveled...

Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the...

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Toni Morrison: As you enter...

Toni Morrison: As you enter...

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

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Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in...

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Joyce Cary: Religion is organized...

Joyce Cary: Religion is organized...

Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul -- politics does the same thing for the...

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Andre Malraux: Genius is not...

Andre Malraux: Genius is not...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with...

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Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

To be born is to start the journey towards death.

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-- Madeleine L'Engle,...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Conversion for me...

Madeleine L'Engle: Conversion for me...

Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my...

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John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

Source: In diary...

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John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

John Steinbeck: Men do change,...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy...

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Charles Dickens: Which fiddle-strings is...

Charles Dickens: Which fiddle-strings is...

Which fiddle-strings is weakness to expredge my nerves this night!

Source: (Mrs...

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Anthony Burgess: Art is dangerous....

Anthony Burgess: Art is dangerous....

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want...

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Anthony Burgess: Novelists are perhaps...

Anthony Burgess: Novelists are perhaps...

Novelists are perhaps the last people in the world to be entrusted with opinions. The nature of a novel is that it has...

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Booth Tarkington: Mystics always hope...

Booth Tarkington: Mystics always hope...

Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them.

Source: Looking...

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Andre Gide: It is better...

Andre Gide: It is better...

It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.

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Edward Hoagland: Men greet each...

Edward Hoagland: Men greet each...

Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long...

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Sir Walter Besant: You cannot believe...

Sir Walter Besant: You cannot believe...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it. Better keep yourself clean and bright you are the window...

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Alex Haley: Either you deal...

Alex Haley: Either you deal...

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with...

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Alex Haley: Never completely encircle...

Alex Haley: Never completely encircle...

Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if...

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Christopher Morley: My theology, briefly,...

Christopher Morley: My theology, briefly,...

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

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